Cleaning(Light/Moderate)(Heavy/Vigorous) What's the differen

JustMissTracy

SezxyStef wrote: »

When I'm at the sink doing dishes, or loading laundry in the washer, or sweeping, mopping, whatever, I'm playing some fast and loud music and dancing or jogging in place or stretching or something, so my version of cleaning does include exercise. While it's not "normal" exercise, I'm working up a sweat, my muscles burn and my heart rate is up. I count every bit of it too

So do I...

I have a desk job and only clean/do laundry on the weekends. Up and down stairs with baskets full of clothes, hanging them out if it's nice enough, scrubbing floors, changing bed, folding dozens of towels, carrying large boxes of bottles for canning etc.

I was on my feet from 9am until 5pm cooking and cleaning on sunday...that is not counted in my exercise journal.

Because I did that when I was fat too...I don't even count when I help someone move...

If it's not purposeful exercise that you plan to do for your health and you did it while you were heavier then you shouldn't count it...and if you do and you don't lose as fast you will know why.

ETA: I have a fitness tracker too and know exactly how many steps I take and calories I burn but I still don't count them but if my average steps are over 10k a day I make my activity level lightly active...not sedentary.

I count moving people...in four hours moving my daughter 18 floors in and out of elevator, I burned almost 1700 calories...this as per my HRM...why wouldn't we include that type of burn? (considering I'm set at sedentary, 1200 cals, you can believe I ate most of those back that day!)

debrakgoogins

GuitarJerry wrote: »

If you count cleaning your house as exercise, you don't understand exercise.

It depends on how much effort you put into cleaning.

_Waffle_

JustMissTracy wrote: »

SezxyStef wrote: »

When I'm at the sink doing dishes, or loading laundry in the washer, or sweeping, mopping, whatever, I'm playing some fast and loud music and dancing or jogging in place or stretching or something, so my version of cleaning does include exercise. While it's not "normal" exercise, I'm working up a sweat, my muscles burn and my heart rate is up. I count every bit of it too

So do I...

I have a desk job and only clean/do laundry on the weekends. Up and down stairs with baskets full of clothes, hanging them out if it's nice enough, scrubbing floors, changing bed, folding dozens of towels, carrying large boxes of bottles for canning etc.

I was on my feet from 9am until 5pm cooking and cleaning on sunday...that is not counted in my exercise journal.

Because I did that when I was fat too...I don't even count when I help someone move...

If it's not purposeful exercise that you plan to do for your health and you did it while you were heavier then you shouldn't count it...and if you do and you don't lose as fast you will know why.

ETA: I have a fitness tracker too and know exactly how many steps I take and calories I burn but I still don't count them but if my average steps are over 10k a day I make my activity level lightly active...not sedentary.

I count moving people...in four hours moving my daughter 18 floors in and out of elevator, I burned almost 1700 calories...this as per my HRM...why wouldn't we include that type of burn? (considering I'm set at sedentary, 1200 cals, you can believe I ate most of those back that day!)

No! A HRM is for steady state cardio exercises. You should have been using an activity tracker like FitBit for tracking this. Your heart was still beating when you're riding the elevator up and down but you're not working. False calorie burn for sure.

JustMissTracy

Really? LOL...Sure wish you had been there that day, maybe my heart wouldn't have been beating so fast! (I didn't worry about the elevator ride, took moments...and I understated the move time, but your point is taken!)